"_Epigrams on the Universities_" (Vol. ii., p. 88.).--The following
extract frown Hartshorne's _Book-rarities in the University of
Cambridge_ will fully answer the Query of your Norwich correspondent.
After mentioning, the donation to that University, by George I., of the
valuable library of Dr. Moore, Bishop of Ely, which his Majesty had
purchased for 6,000 guineas, the author adds,--
"When George I. sent these books to the University, he sent at
the time a troop of horse to Oxford, which gave occasion to the
following well-known epigram from Dr. Trapp, smart in its way,
but not so clever as the answer from Sir William Browne:--
"The King, observing, with judicious eyes,
The state of both his Universities,
To one he sent a regiment; for why?
That learned body wanted loyalty:
To th' other he sent books, as well discerning
How much that loyal body wanted learning."
_The Answer._
"The King to Oxford sent his troop of horse,
For Tories hold no argument but force:
With equal care to Cambridge books he sent,
For Whigs allow no force but argument.
"The books were received Nov. 19, 20, &c., 1715."